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UCLA to Open Pac-12 Play at Washington
December 29, 2019 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES โ UCLA will open Pac-12 play at Washington (10-3) on Thursday evening. Game time at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle is set for 7 p.m. (PT). The Bruins went 7-6 through the non-conference portion of their schedule and will be returning to Seattle for the first time since last February. UCLA dropped a 69-55 decision to the Huskies in Seattle last season (Feb. 2, 2019), as the Bruins committed a season-high 23 turnovers (including 18 in the first half). UCLA has gone 99-43 in the all-time series against Washington and has won seven of the past 10 meetings.
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GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Alaska Airlines Arena
Venue Capacity: 10,000
Tipoff Time: 7:15 p.m. (PT)
Television: FS1
TV Talent: Aaron Goldsmith (play-by-play), Casey Jacobsen (analyst)
Radio (UCLA Sports Network): AM 1150
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
XM Channel: Ch. 385
SIRIUSXM Internet Channel: Ch. 975
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THE LAST TIME OUT
Most recently, UCLA absorbed a 77-74 loss to Cal State Fullerton last Saturday afternoon in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. Tyger Campbell recorded season highs in points (18) and assists (9) in the game against Cal State Fullerton. The two teams entered the locker room at halftime tied, 33-33, before Cal State Fullerton used a 10-0 scoring run midway through the second half to push ahead, 55-45, with 12:38 to play. Trailing by 14 points (65-51), UCLA strung together a 17-0 scoring run late in the second half, capped by a 3-pointer from Tyger Campbell, to lead 68-65 with 4:54 remaining.
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NOTES ON THE BRUINS
- UCLA has gone 7-0 this season when limiting the opposition to 73 points or fewer.
- Freshman Jaime Jaquez Jr. has averaged a team-best 13.1 points and 7.1 rebounds in the last seven games.
- Junior Chris Smith has made 38 of 42 free throws this season (90.5%) and ranks first among all Pac-12 players.
- Sophomore Jalen Hill has averaged a team-leading 7.9 rebounds per game, which is tied for sixth in the Pac-12.
- UCLA has had 11 players, including freshmen, establish new career highs in points scored this season.
- The Bruins ranked first in the Pac-12 in rebounding margin (+8.69 rpg), through games played Saturday, Dec. 28.
- UCLA has out-rebounded the opposition in all 13 games this season (averaging 39.2 rebounds per game).
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TALENTED FRESHMAN
Freshman Jaime Jaquez Jr. has scored in double figures in five of the team's last seven games. He scored a season-high 18 points in a victory over San Jose State on Sunday, Dec. 1, five days after he totaled 17 points off the bench in a win over Chaminade in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational (Lahaina, Hawai'i). After having scored 10 points through the first six games (1.7 ppg), Jaquez Jr. has averaged 13.5 points and 7.8 rebounds in the Bruins' last seven contests.
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IN THE FRONTCOURT
Sophomores Cody Riley have played in all 13 games, making 12 starts each in the Bruins' frontcourt this season. Riley has averaged 10.6 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. He registered his third career double-double against Denver (Dec. 8), totaling career highs of 21 points and 11 rebounds. Hill has averaged 9.9 points and a team-leading 7.9 rebounds per game. Through Saturday, Dec. 28, Hill was tied for sixth in the Pac-12 in rebounding (7.9) and was third in offensive rebounds per game (3.2). Hill's 54.4 overall shooting percentage leads the team and ranks No. 11 in the Pac-12.
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CRASHING THE BOARDS
Through games played Saturday, Dec. 28, UCLA led the Pac-12 in rebounding margin (+8.7) and was first in the league in rebounding defense (30.5 rebounds per game by the opposition). In addition, UCLA ranked No. 19 in the country in rebounding margin and was No. 35, nationally, in offensive rebounds per game (12.9).
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GLANCING AT UCLA'S ROSTER
UCLA's roster features 15 student-athletes, including 13 players who were on the team last season. The Bruins have returned eight of 11 players who competed in the bulk of the team's games last season. That returning nucleus includes fifth-year seniors Prince Ali and Alex Olesinski, junior Chris Smith and sophomores Jalen Hill, Cody Riley, Jules Bernard, Kenneth Nwuba and David Singleton. The Bruins return redshirt freshmen Tyger Campbell and Shareef O'Neal and have added incoming freshmen Jaime Jaquez Jr. (Camarillo, Calif.) and Jake Kyman (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), a pair of 6-foot-6 guards.
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EYE OF THE TYGER
Tyger Campbell, a redshirt freshman point guard, has averaged 8.6 points, 4.2 assists and 2.3 rebounds through 13 games. The 5-foot-11 guard from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, scored a season-high 18 points last Saturday afternoon in a loss to Cal State Fullerton. He also dished a season-high nine assists in that game. Campbell has scored in double figures in six games this season. He recorded 15 points and five assists in his first collegiate game as the Bruins defeated Long Beach State on Nov. 6. He enters Pac-12 play having shot 36.1 percent from 3-point range (13-for-36).
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VERSATILE SCORER
Sophomore Jules Bernard has averaged 7.0 points and 3.0 rebounds per game (12 contests). The 6-foot-6 guard has scored in double figures in three games, including a 16-point effort in a 74-64 loss to North Carolina on Saturday, Dec. 21. He ranks third on the team for most 3-point field goals made (10) and is fifth in free throws made (22). Bernard has made a season-high three 3-pointers in two games this season and has shot 78.6 percent from the free throw line.
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3-POINT SHOOTING
Sophomore David Singleton ranked ninth in the Pac-12 (through Saturday, Dec. 28) in 3-point percentage (44.0%, 12 of 27). He opened the season having made two of seven attempts but has nailed 10 of his last 20 attempts. He sank a career-high five 3-pointers (six attempts) in the win over Chaminade (Nov. 26), finishing that game with a career-high 15 points. Singleton made 2 of 4 attempts from 3-point distance in a 75-61 loss at Notre Dame on Saturday, Dec. 14.
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FIFTH-YEAR SENIORS
Redshirt seniors Prince Ali (9.9 ppg, 3.2 rpg) and Alex Olesinski (1.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg) are the first players at UCLA to have spent more than four years on the team since Michael Roll was a fifth-year senior in 2009-10. Roll finished his UCLA career as the program's all-time leader in games played (147 games, 2005-06 through 2009-10). Recent fifth-year seniors who didn't spend all five seasons in Westwood have included Travis Wear (senior in 2013-14), David Wear (senior in 2013-14) and Larry Drew II (senior in 2012-13) Both Ali and Olesinski have fulfilled their undergraduate degree requirements.
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NEXT NOVEMBER
UCLA will join a field of four programs in the 2020 Paycom Wooden Legacy next season during the week of Thanksgiving at the Anaheim Convention Center. Joining the Bruins will be Georgetown, Virginia and Kansas. This will mark UCLA's first appearance in the Wooden Legacy since winning the event in 2016. UCLA had previously played in the event at the Anaheim Convention Center (2009) when the three-day tournament was named the "76 Classic." Three years ago, UCLA defeated Portland and Nebraska on consecutive days at Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 24-25, 2016) before recording a 74-67 win over Texas A&M in the championship contest of the Wooden Legacy at the Honda Center in Anaheim (Nov. 27, 2016).
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THE BRUINS WHEN ...
Since the start of the 2016-17 season, UCLA has gone 60-8 when leading at halftime (spanning 115 games). During that span, the Bruins have gone 14-30 when trailing at halftime (2-2 when tied at the break). UCLA's largest halftime deficit overcome in that stretch has been 16 points โ UCLA trailed at home against Oregon, 44-28, on Feb. 23, 2019, and outscored the Ducks in the second half (62-39) to win, 90-83. When the Bruins have built a 10-point lead (or larger) at any point in the game, UCLA has gone 66-8. When trailing by 10 or more points in a game, UCLA has gone 10-33.
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STREAKING
UCLA has made at least one 3-pointer played in its last 668 games. That 3-point streak began after the Bruins went 0-for-14 from 3-point territory in a 78-63 loss at No. 2-ranked Stanford on Feb. 3, 2000 (Maples Pavilion). UCLA has made at least three 3-pointers in 214 of 220 games since the start of the 2013-14 season. The Bruins made a school single-game-record 19 three-pointers (on 31 attempts) at Colorado on Jan. 12, 2017. UCLA won that road game, 104-89.
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